Comparing one’s annual investment return from your own personal trading account against the portfolio run by a professional is a tempting exercise. Even with great near-term performance, should investors expect to be ahead of the professionals after ten years? Dom Wright looks into the historical research for answers.

As we observe International Women’s Day at Henderson Rowe, we celebrate the women who contribute to our business. Here we share their experiences and perspectives on life, work and parenting whilst working in the investment management field.

On average, women live longer, earn less than men and make up only a small proportion of investment participants. Maureen Kirwan, Investment Operations Manager at Henderson Rowe, explores women’s seeming reluctance to invest and what the investment industry could do to address this imbalance.

Vaccine rollouts and improving sentiment have prompted market rotation to start the year. With stretched stock valuations, turbulent bond markets, and flashes of inflation, how will reopening and recovery play out?